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# Monero GUI Wallet Windows Installer #
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Copyright (c) 2017-2019, The Monero Project
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## Introduction ##
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This is a *Inno Setup* script `Monero.iss` plus some related files
that allows you to build a standalone Windows installer (.exe) for
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the GUI wallet that comes with the Boron Butterfly release of Monero.
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This turns the GUI wallet into a more or less standard Windows program,
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by default installed into a subdirectory of `C:\Program Files` , a
program group with some icons in the *Start* menu, and automatic
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uninstall support. It helps lowering the "barrier to entry"
somewhat, especially for less technically experienced users of
Monero.
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As the setup script in file [Monero.iss ](Monero.iss ) has to list many
files and directories of the GUI wallet package to install by name,
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this version of the script only works with exactly the GUI wallet
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for Monero release *Boron Butterfly* that you find on
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[the official download page ](https://getmonero.org/downloads/ ).
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It should however be easy to modify the script for future
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versions of the GUI wallet.
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## License ##
See [LICENSE ](LICENSE ).
## Building ##
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You can only build on Windows, and the result is always a
Windows .exe file that can act as a standalone installer for the
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Boron Butterfly GUI wallet.
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Note that the installer build process is now reproducible / deterministic. For details check the file [Deterministic.md ](Deterministic.md ).
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The build steps in detail:
1. Install *Inno Setup* . You can get it from [here ](http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php )
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2. Get the Inno Setup script plus related files by cloning the whole [monero-gui GitHub repository ](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui ); you will only need the files in the installer directory `installers\windows` however. Depending on development state, additionally you may have to checkout a specific branch, like `release-v0.14` .
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3. The setup script is written to take the GUI wallet files from a subdirectory named `bin` ; so create `installers\windows\bin` , get the zip file of the GUI wallet from [here ](https://getmonero.org/downloads/ ), unpack it somewhere, and copy all the files and subdirectories in the single subdirectory there (currently named `monero-gui-0.14.1.2` ) to this `bin` subdirectory
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4. Start Inno Setup, load `Monero.iss` and compile it
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5. The result i.e. the finished installer will be the file `mysetup.exe` in the `installers\windows\Output` subdirectory
